Appliance utilizing water

• US 20040098888A1
• Filed: 11/19/2003
• Published: 05/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ukida, Kazuhiro, Kubo, Tadafumi, Ishikawa, Haruo
• Application Number:
  US10/715,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20040098888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/299.01
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 27/004 with integral electrical heating means drinking cups with integral heating means A47J36/2466
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/00 Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels A47J27/00 - A47J33/00 take precedence insofar as these parts, details or accessories are restricted to a particular kind of cooking-vessel provided for in a single one of these groups
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/10 by an adhesive layer

Abstract

An appliance or equipment utilizing water includes an operation section provided on top or side of a main body of the appliance and an outer member. The outer member includes a transparent member, a transparent film formed thereon, and a colored decoration provided on a surface of the transparent member opposite to the transparent film. The operation section is comprised of only the transparent film. In accordance with the appliance of the present invention, a transparent texture quality in outer appearance as well as a depth and classic texture quality in design can be obtained and at the same time a stereovision of characters or figures on an outer surface of the appliance can be provided.

Claims

1. An equipment utilizing water comprising:

an operation section provided on top or side of a main body of the appliance; and

an outer member including a transparent member, a transparent film formed thereon, and a colored decoration provided on a surface of the transparent member opposite to the transparent film, wherein the operation section is comprised of only the transparent film.

2. The equipment of claim 1, wherein a decoration is added to a portion of the transparent film.

3. The equipment of claim 1, wherein the decoration provided on the surface of the transparent member opposite to the transparent film is formed by printing or painting.

4. The equipment of claim 2, wherein the decoration provided on the surface of the transparent member opposite to the transparent film is formed by printing or painting.

5. An equipment utilizing water comprising:

an operation section provided at top or side of a main body of the appliance; and

an outer member including a transparent member, a transparent film formed on a top surface of the transparent member, and a colored member integrally formed on a bottom surface of the transparent member, wherein the outer member has a portion comprised of only the transparent film and the operation section is disposed at the portion comprised of only the transparent film.

6. The equipment of claim 5, wherein a connection structure for fixing the outer member to the appliance is provided to the colored member.